>> Let­ter to the edi­tor

WHILE I com­mend the ad­mirable “big plans” and “com­mu­nity cam­paigns” Steph Ryan fore­casts for im­prov­ing the Heath­cote re­gion, per­haps in­stead of per­pet­u­at­ing the tire­some and com­bat­ive argy bargy that passes for po­lit­i­cal dis­course in the me­dia with her ad­ver­sar­ial at­ti­tude of be­ing “a thorn in La­bor’s side”, and for the ben­e­fit of all vot­ers in the Euroa elec­torate, Ms Ryan could try a more pos­i­tive, col­lab­o­ra­tive and con­sul­ta­tive ap­proach to the peo­ple who will con­trol the state’s fi­nances for an­other four years. Peter Neil­son, Heath­cote